Baked clams are delicious any day of the year. © Reve15 | Dreamstime.com
 
Ingredients
2 Dz Little Neck clams, 1 Cup Plain bread crumbs, 1 Tbs Grated Pecorino cheese, 4 Cloves garlic, 2 Tbs Fresh parsley, 4 Tbs EV olive oil, Salt & pepper
 
Directions/Steps
 
Wash the clams under fresh water, shuck them  and leave the fruit on the half shell.
In a bowl, add your ingredients and mix well until the oil has been fully absorbed by the bread crumbs. The bread will look uniformly wet.
Add salt and pepper as desired.
Place all the open clams in a baking sheet and with a teaspoon put the breadcrumbs in each clam until the clam is completely covered.
Bake at 500F for 5-7 minutes, then put under the broiler for 1 minute to brown.

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